Match Report
The table gap was wide: 22 points between Swieqi (2nd, 32 pts) and Marsa (14th, 10 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Swieqi 2.27 scored and 1.4 conceded per game, Marsa 1.2 and 1.87, with the league averaging 1.65.
Marsa had gone 5 games without a win. The five-game form split read 12/15 points for Swieqi against 2/15 for Marsa.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 1 for Swieqi, 1 for Marsa and 2 drawn, at 1.75 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
MFA Centenary Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
Swieqi: Daniel Agius (44') · Marsa: Gabriel Diego Farrugia (1'), Gianluca Bugeja (73')
Key stats
Possession: Swieqi 53% · Marsa 47% · Total shots: 14-17 · On target: 8-9 · Corners: 3-5